Today's puzzle

24 July 2026 - Puzzle #419

  • Letters in play: 7
  • Words to find: 22

Updated daily - a new puzzle every day.

Spelling Bee - Daily Hive Puzzle

Spell words from seven letters arranged in a honeycomb. Each word needs the centre letter and at least four letters in total. Proper British English throughout.

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A New Puzzle Every Day
Seven fresh letters appear each midnight UTC. Everyone worldwide tackles the same puzzle, so comparing scores with friends is easy.
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9-Level Ranking System
Climb from Beginner up to Genius, one word at a time. The further in you get, the more satisfying each new find.
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The Pangram Hunt
Somewhere in the seven letters hides a word that uses every single one. Worth 7 bonus points on top of its length - and usually the last one to drop.
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Game Rules
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    Every word needs at least four letters.
  2. 2
    The centre letter must appear in every word.
  3. 3
    Letters may be reused as often as you like.
  4. 4
    Every answer is a common noun in the singular - plurals, verbs and adjectives aren't in the word list.
Tips for More Points

Think in things: objects, animals, food and places. Every answer is a noun, so hunt for names of things rather than actions or qualities.

Mind the noun endings: -TION, -NESS, -MENT and -ER often stretch into high-scoring words.

Don't overlook the short ones. Four-letter finds tot up surprisingly quickly.

Scoring
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    4-letter words: 1 point.
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    Longer words: 1 point per letter.
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    Pangram (all 7 letters): 7 bonus points.

For Every Vocabulary Level

๐Ÿง’ Kids: a playful way into spelling - hunting words in a honeycomb beats rote drills any day.
๐Ÿง‘ Adults: five minutes of Hive shakes loose a dozen words you'd nearly forgotten.
๐Ÿ‘ด Older players: one puzzle a day, and spelling and recall quietly keep their edge.

Frequently Asked Questions

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A pangram uses all seven letters of the day's puzzle at least once. It nets you 7 bonus points on top of its length, and it's usually the biggest single find of the round.

Yes - a new puzzle with a fresh set of seven letters goes live every day at midnight UTC, and players everywhere solve the same one.

Words need at least 4 letters and must always include the centre letter. A 4-letter word scores 1 point, longer words score their letter count, and a pangram earns a 7-point bonus.

You'll need roughly 60% of the maximum score. Long words and the pangram carry the most weight, so chase those once the easy finds run out.

The English puzzle uses the standard A-Z alphabet only. Each tile is one unique letter - no accents, no variants.

The word list is deliberately curated: it holds well-known common nouns in their singular form. Plurals, verbs and adjectives don't count ('cats' or 'harsh' won't be accepted), though nouns that double as verbs ('run', 'walk') do. Words that exist only in the plural, like 'scissors', are the exception - they're included.

Once you have hunted down the pangram, today's Wordle offers a different sort of word chase: one five-letter target and six guesses to reach it.

Prefer spotting words to building them? The daily word search hides an entire themed word list inside a single grid of letters.

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Yesterday's Solution

Did you find all the words yesterday? Here is the complete solution.

  • bebop
  • bedpost
  • beep
  • depot
  • despot
  • dope
  • peed
  • peep
  • peso
  • pest
  • pesto
  • poet
  • pope
  • poppet
  • pose
  • posse
  • post
  • seedpod
  • sped
  • speed
  • spot
  • step
  • steps
  • stoop
  • stop
  • teepee
  • tepee

Strategy & Tips

Tips to help you with British English word games.

Common Affixes for Pangrams

  • -tion
  • -ness
  • -ment
  • -able
  • -ous
  • -ful
  • -less